HNLMS Java (1885)

This article is about the Dutch steam-powered sloop Java (1885). For the pre- World War 2 light cruiser HNLMS Java, see Java class cruiser.

History

Netherlands
Name:	Java
Builder:	Rotterdam
Launched:	1885
General characteristics
Type:	sloop or unprotected cruiser
Displacement:	1280 t
Length:	205 ft 3 in (62.56 m)
Propulsion:	1,017 ihp (758 kW)
Speed:	12.6 kn (14.5 mph; 23.3 km/h)
Armament:	1 × 5.9in./25 cal. gun 3 × 4.7in./18 cal. guns 2 × 1-pounder guns

The Dutch ship HNLMS Java launched in 1885 at Rotterdam was a sloop or small unprotected cruiser.^[1]

The ship was named after the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). This ship was a small colonial warship, larger than most gunboats but weaker than a protected cruiser. The term sloop in the steamship era was used by some navies including the British Navy for what were essentially large gunboats. The Java resembled the Spanish unprotected cruisers of the Velasco class, which were used for colonial duties (and the unsuccessful defense of Manila Bay in 1898).

References

↑ Conways, p.376

Bibliography

Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860—1905. New York: Mayflower Books. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.

Dutch naval ship classes 1890 – 1920 and unique ships

Dreadnoughts	1913 battleship proposal^C

Coastal defence ships	Evertsen Koningin Regentes Marten Harpertszoon Tromp^S Jacob van Heemskerck^S De Zeven Provinciën^S

Protected cruisers	Sumatra^S Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden^S Holland

Destroyers	Wolf

Gunboats, monitors and sloops	Java^S Ceram Lombok Borneo^S Nias Koetei Brinio Reinier Claeszen^S

Torpedoboats	G 13 Z 1 Z 5

Submarines	O 1^S O 2 O 6^S O 7^S M1^G O 8^B K I^S K II^S K III

B Former British HMS H6 C Cancelled G Former German SM UC-8 S Single ship of class

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